(Titles with * are translations of Dutch originals)
(25) (together with Anna Chesnokova:) Experiencing Poetry. A Guidbook to Psychopoetics. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
(24) Unbelievable. The Gospel Texts in Narrative Tradition and Historical Context. Washington: John Hunt Publishing,2023.
(23) Nicht zu glauben. Die Evangelientexte in Erzähltradition und historischem Kontext. Münster: Waxmann Verlag, 2021.
(22) Hoe zag Jezus eruit? Antwerpen: Standaard Uitgeverij, 2020.
(21) Niet te geloven. De werkelijkheid achter het Nieuwe Testament. Antwerpen: De Standaard, 2019.
(20) Willie van Peer, Frank Hakemulder & Sonia Zyngier: Scientific Methods for the Humanities. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2012.
(19) Willie van Peer, Sonia Zyngier & Vander Viana (eds): Literary Education and Digital Learning: Methods and Technologies for Humanities Studies. Hershey / New York: Information Science Reference, 2010.
(18) Jan Auracher and Willie van Peer (eds): New Beginnings in Literary Studies. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publications, 2008.
(17) Willie van Peer (Ed.): The Quality of Literature. Linguistic Studies in the Evaluation of Literary Texts. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2008.
(16) Willie van Peer, Jemeljan Hakemulder and Sonia Zyngier: Muses and Measures. Empirical research methods for the Humanities. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publications, 2007.
(15) Max Louwerse und Willie van Peer (eds): Thematics. Interdisciplinary Studies. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2003.
(14) Willie van Peer und Seymour Chatman (eds): New Perspectives on Narrative Perspective. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2001.
(13) Willie van Peer, Harald Hendricks, Joost Kloek & Sophie Levie (eds): In Search of a New Alphabet. Studies in Comparative Literature, Dedicated to Douwe Fokkema. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1996.
(12) Willie van Peer (Ed.): Vision and Re-Vision of Literary Theory. Volume III of the Proceedings of the XIIIth Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1995, pp. 263-516.
(11) * Willie van Peer & Ronald Soetaert (eds): The Position of the Literary Canon in Education. The Hague: Bibliographia Neerlandica, 1993.
(10) * Willie van Peer & Sophie Levie (eds): Key-works. A Review of 26 Great Books from World Literature. Apeldoorn: Garant, 1993.
(9) * Children’s Literary Socialization. Houten: Bohn Stafleu & Van Loghum, 1992.
(8) * Willie van Peer & Katinka Dijkstra (eds): Key‑words. Central Concepts in Contemporary Literary Theory. Apeldoorn: Garant, 1991.
(7) Willie van Peer (Ed.): The Taming of the Text. Explorations in Language, Literature and Culture. London / New York: Routledge, 1988. (Second edition 1991).
(6) Stylistics and Psychology. Investigations of Foregrounding. London: Croom Helm, 1986.
(5) Willie van Peer & Jan Renkema (eds.): Pragmatics and Stylistics. Amersfoort: Acco, 1984.
(4) * Willie van Peer & Jos Tielemans: Foundations and Models for Mother Tongue Education. Volume 1: Foundations. Amersfoort: Acco, 1984.
(3) * ibid., Volume 2: Models. Amersfoort: Acco, 1984.
(2) Willie van Peer & Arnold Verhagen (eds): Forces in European Mother Tongue Education. Enschede: Foundation for Curriculum Development, 1984.
(1) The Stylistic Theory of Foregrounding. A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Lancaster, 1980.